First Episode of Nostradormouse for your listening 'pleasure'!

[Chris Tinniswood]

Okay. I've had a few false starts and I've re-recorded the whole book. This is the first episode, and I've given into temptation and added a few effects and my own music. I couldn't resist, and as I'm a writer, artist and musician, it was inevitable, I suppose!

I've checked the levels out on my mp3 player against JCHutchins' work, and it seems to come out at a comparable level, so give me your honest opinion.

Cheers!

[Bryan Lincoln]

Hey Chris,

I simply raised the original file by 3dB and then ran the filter. Any more boost and I would've started clipping your peaks. Is this what you were looking for, or are you wanting to decrease your dynamic range?

[Chris Tinniswood]

What effect would decreasing my dynamic range have exactly? (God, I sound like a total newbie!)

I'm hopefully getting logic express tomorrow, which will help a bit, I think!

Thanks for the file!

[Bryan Lincoln]

The range I mean here is the difference between your loudest parts and your softest parts. If you normally speak at at a level of, say -3dB, but have a whispered line maxes at -15dB (or even lower!) it might not be audible in all environments. Some good sound production requires good range (home theater environment) while headphone listening would benefit from having everything squashed in at a similar level. To reduce the range, you use something called a compressor. Here's a wiki article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_range_compression

My opinion is that you don't have a particular problem with too-quiet parts, but it's not my opinion that matters. :-)

[Chris Tinniswood]

Here's Episode Two in its unedited form. Plenty of mistakes and noises!

Thanks again!

Chris

[Chris Tinniswood]

Here's the 'ideal volume' waveform, Bryan.

Chris

[Bryan Lincoln]

Here's another try. There's a touch of processing effect in a few places, but there's no way to raise the volume so high without being a bit heavy on the noise reduction. A had to suppress a few high peaks to get the range you wanted. Hope this is what you were looking for